Taxes & Accounting in Málaga
Costa del Sol, Andalusia
Málaga's tax caseload has shifted with its economy. Alongside the long-standing non-resident property owners, the province now has a substantial population of technology employees and founders, which brings relocation packages, equity compensation and company tax into the same office that used to see mostly rental returns.
Andalusia sets its own regional half of the income tax scale and administers the region's own taxes through the Agencia Tributaria de Andalucía, alongside the state filings. For an arriving employee the decisive questions are still national — residency and whether the inbound-worker regime applies — but the regional layer determines part of what you actually pay once they are answered.
Local context: Málaga
| Extranjería office | Oficina de Extranjería de Málaga, which also serves Marbella, Fuengirola and the rest of the Costa del Sol |
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| Company registry | Registro Mercantil de Málaga |
| Local context | A fast-growing technology hub alongside a long-established international community, so company formation and remote-work permits are both routine here |
| Work authorisation | Granted by the central Oficina de Extranjería |
| Tax administration | Agencia Tributaria (state) + Agencia Tributaria de Andalucía for regional taxes |
| Language | Spanish only — no co-official language |
Sources: Cita previa — Sede electrónica · Portal de Inmigración · Agencia Tributaria
What we handle: Taxes & Accounting
Beckham Law, autónomo filings, IRPF, Modelo 720 and bookkeeping.
- Non-resident income tax (IRNR)
- Beckham Law special regime eligibility & application
- Autónomo quarterly filings (IVA, IRPF)
- Annual income tax return (IRPF)
Questions about this service
My employer is relocating me to Málaga with a package. What is taxable?
More of it than most people expect. Relocation allowances, housing contributions and one-off payments are frequently taxable in Spain even when the home country treated them differently. Reviewing the package before you sign, rather than at your first return, sometimes changes how it is structured.
I own a Costa del Sol apartment but do not live in Spain. Do I file?
Yes. Non-resident owners have annual obligations in Spain even when the property is not rented out, and they do not go away because nobody has chased you. This is one of the most common quietly accumulating liabilities among foreign owners in this province.
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